The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
THE FINAL SESSIONS
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fftOM f1hSI GAGE
forwards upon the vicissitudes of American legis-
iation can become under reasonable and proper
treatment.
The horrid recollection of the whizzing of the
arrows the cracking of the firearms, the sound of
the warhOop and the mourning for lost ones that
once ecnoed n me forest are no more because
the relation OF the whites to the Indians and of
the Indians to the whites is now being under
stood.
We are no longer what we were We are
brought face to face with the advantages of civil
iZatiOn. The matter is no longer problem IL Is
what we must do, and what you can do for us. Up
on this feature OF the depends our success or
our failure forever as nation Indians in their
native condition are ambitious, with them hOnors
lie in victories and IN brave deeds. There is not
IA man who is not looking to the chief of the tribe
wishing TO be like him. Experience has proved
that tne Indian can De ma made 10 realize that
forefathers by being educated to earn his bread;
the aged may be induced to submit to teaching
and to send their children to school.
With the advancement of civilization comes the
religion of nation The Indian may be Christ
ianized. not however by mere theoretical teach
eTS, but by Christians who practice what they
preach If the desired end is TO be accomplished
give to the Indians justice; give them Christians
Instead of warmen; agricultural implements in
stead of arms; make them feel that they are as
free as they were in their natural wildS and that
they are not forced In by the point of the bayo
net. If there is not civilization enough in Ari-
IONA to influence the Apaches remove the unciv-
ilized whites first and then the Indians
Treat the Indian as friend, not as an enemy.
er trod Is still free.
No matter what may be done in Congress for
he education and civilization of the Indians we
may labor together for their elevation, but there
is nothing like the gospel. Give them oppOrtu-
mites as you would give opportunities to your
neighbor and to the foreigner.
Following Montezuma, Rev. Joseph Ward
bore testimony to the goodness of the Indian
character, saying
Rev. Joseph Wards Remarks.
ing neghbor to him, face to face with him, in
various capacities for 10 years, and l know some
thing about him. l have been in his tepee as
guest, and have received him into my house as
guest, and have hunted with him on the prairie,
and have eaten with him and gone hungry with
him. know what he is in part and he knows HE
in part. l believe that he and are coming nearer
and nearer TO each other. have seen him in con-
dions that would try and test the very brayest Of
our own civilization. have seen company of
them that had just become citiZens that had just
Ienouneed their homes by throwing away every
thing for the honor OF being voters in the United
states; throwing away more than we could give
them Tor the empty honor OF getting an oppor-
tunity to vote. But they become very important,
because did not the man who was running for
sheriff say 10 them, sit has been hard times with
you, and have brought wagon load of flour for
yon," and as he turned TO go away "0h. L am
going to run for sheriff this fall. and perhaps If
him and overlook him after he had gone some dis
tance down the road, and told him 10 go back, and
lie got back there was the flour and they began to
| load 1t on to his team, and said, go home"
Now, shouldn't believe In that kind of neigh
bor; shouldn't believe that that is good man
| TO have in this city. say the Missionary Society
has no greater work and responsibility than that
| Ia behalf Of the Indians. Look AT that great
black spot in Dakota; see what it means dare
we leave II there? A single Tag Of the Anar-
chists makes our cities trembls 1t is only Amer
| lean missionary agencies that can conquer that
black spot, and it has the field IN its own hands if
| you Will help them. Win you do it? The Ameri
can Missionary Association does not mean this
body OF officers; l. means our houses, it means
our churches. Will you give money, will you give
men, that this black spot may be removed? The
Century of DishonOr' should have been two and
one-thrd centuries of dishonor. do not want to
live much longer, face TO face with the Indians,
and shirk our Responsibility. The Indians are on
reservations, which are the resort of all the vile
and wicked, Tor, although the laws forbid decent
white men from going there, all the rif-raff and
DoDtai can go out and make depot for their vile
traffic. Do not let us live there any longer, face
to face with Them, but let righteousness have a
chance and let these Indians be christianized.
have travelled with them hundreds OF miles, met
them in their meetings, and never had any bet
ter Christian intercourse than with the Indians.
As long as travelled with them was safe; when
entered the white settlement / had to watch it,
Let us have complete and thorough justice done
TO the Indians, and then not only will we, who
building up here, be safe, but the whole nation
will be in peace,
| Rev. S. Lewis b. Pierce of Vermont, then
| presented the report on Chinese work, which
| is as follows:
Chinese Report.
Your committee note with special satisfaction
the following indications of progress in the work
of our Association for the Chinese Willing sub
iects of missionary labor are more numerous and
more accessible. Past years of foundation work.
dealing with Asiatic inertia and colossal preju-
dice and just resentment under wrong are bear
ing fruit unusual i'll amount and assured genuine
ness. Our faithful missionary superintendent on
the Pacific coast does not abate his courage or
enthusiasm. Faithful teachers and co-workers can
be found The Lord of the vineyard has set his
seal OF appreciation by granting haryests which.
in the light Of difficulties in the field and their
promise Tor the future, are truly great. That
Foreign Missionary Society, spontaneously formed
by Chinese converts thoroughly equipped and
literally supported in proportion to their means.
and which aims, finally, at nothing less than the
conversion OF Chinas millions, should silence any
and all cavil or uncertainty as to their motives in
OF Christian sympathy as her wandering sons are
met with helpful counsels and religious enlghten-
ther IDEAL ciSil,1aiom We rsiocs that tbnaa III
charge of the field see their way clear for "tenta-
tive evangelistic work" and have entered upou it,
This betokenS firm conviction and reSolutc Rur-
pose that the field shall be taken for Christ. Diff
| hculties and endorsements only multiply their
| zeal and methods. Like the great missionary to
the Gentiles, these herads of the gospellook upon
many adyersaries" and IAN open door, as equiv
| alents. The statistics Of recent progress empha-
size our golden opportunity to reach the "hermit
natives" through their representatives within
our borders.
| Your committee note with profound regret the
serious falling OF in the money appropriations for
| their work. Native helpers, skilled and conse-
Grated, are the chief preaching agency of all mis-
the opportunity to multiply such helpers. Cali
forna is in the foreground to-day as never before,
not excepting the old mining days. The church
that shall emulate the enterprise Of railroads and
real estate projectors. The church must not con-
When pco 70 heP borders by Pss
thousand and under conditions specially favorable
to Christlike approach. Her ewn life will be i'm
| p0yerlshed by so doing, The priest and Levite
| wronged and degraded their own souls by passing
| on the other side from the wounded sufferer, as
| much as the good Samaritan enriched his by
pouring oil into his wounds and sheltering the vic
| tim OF robbers.
Your committee hope that measures can be
taken TO bring the attention OF beloved church
| TO this her phenomenal opportunity and duty-to
give the gospel at short range and nominal cost to
Asla's millions, and support that message.
After the Chinese report addresses were
| made by Rev. Charles Z. Mills Of Massachu-
sets, Gen. Augustus Gaylord Of New York,
| and IAN Phou Lee of New Haven.
A resolution was adopted with reference to
the work of son of Maine, as follows:
Resolved, That the association holding its an
nual meeting in the State of Maine. sends its
| greetings to Rev. w. G. Pond, son OF Maine,
with sympathy in his labors and rejoicing in his
| success among the Cinnamon on the Pacific coast.
Rev. Cyrus Buchanan Of New Hampshire
then reaH The following report on church
work:
Church Work In the South.
Your committee into whose hands has been
placed the report of the church work in the South
desire to state their impressions by calling atten-
| tion to three or four important points.
First to the marked increase in the membership
of the Sunday-schools,- increase during the
year Of 1000 pupils 10 per cent bring the pres
| ent membership up to 10, 109.
| Comparing this with the entire enrolment in
1882 we find that during the five years there has
| been growth of 90 per cent
This is specially gratifying because it is under
| stood that Sunday-schools or missions started at
new stations look to the speedy establishment OF
| churches at those stations; while well-organized
schools in churches already established result in
| the careful study of Gods word with a constant
application of inspired doctrine to practical life,
| looking both to the .permanence of the churches
| and the personal purity of their members.
Another important item noticed in the report
appears in the statement touching the amount OF
money which these churches have given.
| Beside the $4,000 contributed for their own
| religious work 81, 800 have been devoted to pure
benevOlence. III this should seem a small sum as